A wireless hybrid chemical sensor for detection of environmental volatile organic compounds

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1748-1755

  Chen, Cheng ^a   Tsow, Francis ^a   Campbell, Katherine Driggs ^a   Iglesias, Rodrigo ^a   Forzani, Erica ^a,b   Tao, Nongjian ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality monitoring; chemical sensors; environmental monitoring; environmental sensors; volatile organic compounds (VOCs); wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS); WIRELESS SENSOR;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEPARATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84876013470     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2239472     Document Type: Article

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